HopStop Subway App Aimed At Wheelchair And Stroller Users

NEW YORK -- An online service that provides transit directions in several cities is now giving New Yorkers an option to avoid stairs.

HopStop partnered with Fit Pregnancy magazine to identify stations and routes that have elevators and other features for wheelchairs and strollers. In some cases, that could mean taking buses and avoiding subways. Or it could mean getting off the subway a stop or two early.

HopStop offers transit directions in more than 50 cities, mostly in North America. Travelers enter their starting location and destination just as they do when seeking driving directions at Google and other sites. HopStop then offers the best ways to get there by public transportation.

The stairless option is currently available only in the New York area. HopStop plans to add other markets this year.

Comments

[ArtCarnage]

11:46 AM on 11/14/2011

Perhaps the stairs were an attempt to foil a take-over of the subway system by Daleks.

[ArtCarnage]

11:43 AM on 11/14/2011

I know the NY subway system is old, but I can't believe they still have stations that haven't been retrofitted with elevators.

[celtics]

03:01 AM on 11/12/2011

What a great idea for stair challenged people.

[StinkyPete0279]

02:39 AM on 11/12/2011

I WARNED YOU ABOUT STAIRS BRO

[Bishop Coxcomb]

12:13 PM on 11/11/2011

Subways don't have to be ADA compliant?

[KarateKid]

12:17 PM on 11/11/2011

In NY? It's an old system, and would be very costly to do. Many have ramps but not in the most convenient of locations. The buses are better, they lower the door when stopping for disabled passengers.